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Fabry Inc. Pipe Organ Builders (2009)

Originally Wm. A. Johnson (Opus 238, 1867)

Location:

First Presbyterian Church
716 College Avenue
Racine, WI 53403 US
Sanctuary; front
Organ ID: 72440

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Status and Condition:

  • This instrument's location type is: Presbyterian Churches
  • The organ is unaltered from its original state.
  • The organ's condition is good, in regular use.
We received the most recent update for this instrument's status from Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023.

Technical Details:

  • 33 ranks. 3 manuals.
Main:
  • Manuals: 3
  • Manual Compass: 61
  • Pedal Compass: 32
  • Key Action: Electrical connection from key to chest.
  • Stop Action: Electric connection between stop control and chest.
  • Console Style: Traditional style with roll top.
  • Stop Controls: Drawknobs in vertical rows on angled jambs.
  • Combination Action: Computerized/Digital system.
  • Swell Control Type: Balanced swell shoes/pedals, AGO standard placement.
  • Pedalboard Type: Concave radiating pedalboard meeting AGO Standards.
  • Has Crescendo Pedal
  • Has Combination Action Thumb Pistons
  • Has Combination Action Toe Pistons
We received the most recent update for this console from Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023.
Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023:

According to RacinePost on Blogspot, "More recently, coinciding with the rebuilding of the chancel, the console was rebuilt and moved to the side, permitting the full stage to be used by performing groups." [April 16, 2020]

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023.
Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023:

This entry represents the rebuilding of an existing organ. Identified from information in the book: Johnson Organs, 1844-1898: Wm. A Johnson, Johnson Organ Co., Johnson & Son: a documentary issued in honor the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, 1816-2016 / by Scot L. Huntington, Len Levasseur, Barbara Owen, Stephen L. Pinel, and Martin R. Walsh. Cranbury, New Jersey: The Princeton Academy of the Arts, Culture, and Society, 2015.

We received the most recent update for this note from Jim Stettner on January 07, 2023.

Instrument Images:

Sanctuary interior with organ in front: Photograph by Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken on 0022-05-22

Organ case in front: Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. June 2020

Console: Photograph from an archival source: Church website, submitted by Jim Stettner. Taken approx. Date unknown

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